Sad but true
> "In tests, several utilities have suffered system
>crashes as the date
> rolls over to 01/01/2000," says Jayaram. "Our
>electricity transmission
> network is so highly interconnected that a failure in
>one sector can
> easily cascade to others thousands of miles away."
For historical backing recall in the early 90's the AT&T network outage from
one faulty instruction code in lines of millions. It was remedied fairly
quickly however.
> and permit a leak," says Broadley. The facility is 16
>miles from a
> city.
I would move away.
The problem is not going to be from direct deaths I believe, but from
economic decay caused by the repair costs. Look at the people taking a
leading role in this, say De Jager, to prevent himself from becoming
entangled in lawsuits, he is removing himself from that role. The IRS has
changed CIO's four times now - almost assuredly relating to this one issue.
No leadership, clear and present danger, and time is critical in this
process, more money and people thrown at this problem too late will not fix
it. Combine reports that planes are going to fall out of the sky(haha), and
critically thinking people scoff at everything Y2K related. If some would
perhaps read the problems befalling the control towers say in the IEEE
magazines - like potentials they may have a better grasp. Ask yourself this
question Don, do you think you are the only one smart enough to consider
pulling out his money for a short while? I wonder what happens to the
economy if say only 15% of the wealthy, middle class, and poor, remove thier
stocks, bonds, and cash from the economy? As Lee said, you can't live your
life thinking you will die tomorrow.